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Lucan, Co. Dublin

Lucan is a suburban town on the western outskirts of Dublin city, 15km (10 miles) from the city centre. Lucan town lies next to the River Liffey.

The picturesque old town retains its character, despite hosting ever-expanding areas of housing that are suburbs of Dublin. These new estates lead east from the town towards the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and southeast towards Clondalkin.

Gardens

Killruddery House & Gardens

Bray, Co. Wicklow

The venerable garden at Killruddery, beautifully situated on the flank of the Little Sugar Loaf, is a unique survivor of history. Edward de Brabazon commissioned a Monsieur Bonet, trained at Versailles, to create the formal gardens there in 1682. ...

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Golf

Portmarnock Golf Club

Portmarnock, Co. Dublin
Course Type: Links

On Christmas Eve of 1893 a Scottish Insurance broker named W.C. Pickeman and his friend George Ross rowed over from Sutton to the peninsula of Portmarnock to scout out the land as a p ...

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Self Catering

Avon Ri Blessington Resort

Blessington, Co. Wicklow

For centuries, the hill where Avon Rí is now located looked out over a valley created by the Liffey and King's River. Avon Rí has taken its name from the latter and now looks out of the Blessington Lakes – a reservoir created ...

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What's On

Citywest Shopping Centre Farmers Market - Dublin

Sundays 11am-5pm

Location:

Citywest S.C. is located 1.5km off N7 at Brown's Barn turn-off, in Citywest business park

Contact:

Conor Tobin - 087 060 9479, ...

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Tourist Attractions

Kilmainham Gaol

Dublin 8, Dublin City

Kilmainham Gaol is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland's emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s. Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish history, ...

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Wedding Venues

The Ritz Carlton Powerscourt - Wedding Venue County Wicklow Ireland

The Powerscourt Hotel

Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow

Nestling in the beautiful Wicklow mountains a short drive from Dublin lies Powerscourt, one of Ireland's most famous estates. Surrounded by dense woodlands, this luxury hotel is one sweeping curve that sits into the hillside beneath the shadows o ...

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